The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record the album was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to contribute his award winnings to good deeds.
When the band won the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, musician the artist split her prize between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she told the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated singer the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
